I commend its suggestions to the favorable attention of Congress.

Any direction as to the final disposition of them should originate with Congress.

I do not suppose that it was intended by the Congress to entirely relieve these sureties if a condition exists such as is above set out, which results in an indebtedness to the Government.

The matter is presented for the consideration of Congress.

The subject is presented for the consideration and action of Congress.

The subject is recommended to the early attention and action of Congress.

Unable to concur with Congress in that measure, on the 29th of May last I returned the bill to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, without my approval, for that further consideration for which the Constitution provides.

The framers of the Constitution regarded the election of members of Congress in every State and in every district as in a very important sense justly a matter of political interest and concern to the whole country.

The failure of the last Congress to make the requisite appropriations for legislative and judicial purposes, for the expenses of the several Executive Departments of the Government, and for the support of the Army has made it necessary to call a special session of the Forty-sixth Congress.

I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, do, by virtue of the power to this end in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress to assemble at their respective chambers at 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday, the 18th day of March instant, then and there to consider and determine such measures as in their wisdom their duty and the welfare of the people may seem to demand.

Whereas the final adjournment of the Forty-fifth Congress without making the usual and necessary appropriations...presents an extraordinary occasion requiring the President to exercise the power vested in him by the Constitution to convene the Houses of Congress in anticipation of the day fixed by law for their next meeting

To the Senate and House of Representatives:I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, the report of the commission appointed under the provisions of the act approved May 3, 1878, entitled 'An act authorizing the President of the United States to make certain negotiations with the Ute Indians in the State of Colorado,' with copies of letters from the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and accompanying documents.

To the Senate of the United States:I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying papers therein referred to, in relation to the proceedings of the International Monetary Conference held at Paris in August, 1878.

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, copies of a report and accompanying papers received from the Secretary of the Interior.

The Government can not prepare for trial at said special term, because no fund appropriated by Congress can be made available for that purpose.

These reports are respectfully submitted for the information of Congress.

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d ultimo, requesting to be furnished with the correspondence between the Government of Venezuela and that of the United States had since the adjournment of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress in relation to the Venezuela Mixed Claims Commission, I transmit the report of the Secretary of State, together with its accompanying documents.

To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit, for the consideration of Congress, a report from the Secretary of State on the subject of consular pupils.